Ben Wilde

Vice President Business Development & Marketing

About

Ben Wilde is Vice President Business Development & Marketing at Georgian Partners and a member of the Georgian Impact team. In addition to being responsible for marketing, he manages the Georgian Partners investment pipeline. Ben also works directly with portfolio companies, assisting with product strategy, market analysis, competitive analysis, customer value propositions and go-to-market strategy. He provides input to overall strategy including product management and product marketing.

Experience

Ben has more than 20 years of experience in the software industry, and has held senior product management and strategy roles at IBM, Informix, and a range of early and growth-stage startups. At IBM, he helped to define and lead the company’s strategy for its Master Data Management and Information Integration business. Prior to IBM, Ben held product management and marketing roles at Informix Software, where he played a key role in defining the company’s Java strategy. Since leaving IBM, he has worked with a range of growth-stage and startup companies in North America and New Zealand, and has taught as an Adjunct Professor for Northeastern University.

Education

Ben holds a BTech (Hons) in product development from Massey University, New Zealand.

Did you know?

Ben is a keen mountain biker and a co-founder of Trail Fund, a nonprofit working to support volunteers building sustainable mountain bike trails in New Zealand.

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Areas of Expertise

Companies

Cority leverages its cutting-edge SaaS-based technology and broad environmental, health and safety (EHS) product suite to partner with organizations around the world to effect meaningful change in the way environmental, health, and safety is managed. Cority stands by its customers as they attain performance goals, reduce EHS risks, enhance corporate productivity, and create a healthier workforce.

DataCandy is a leading provider of loyalty and gift card programs for the retail, hospitality and convenience-store/fuel sectors. Since its inception in 2002, DataCandy has led the way in providing customer engagement solutions to more than 9,700 locations across Canada and the United States.

Integrate.ai’s mission is to build a future in which AI enriches people’s lives while creating better, more valuable businesses. To do this, the company is building an AI powered platform for B2C enterprises that integrates with business processes to make customer interactions more natural and valuable. Founded by Steve Irvine, former Facebook executive, Integrate.ai is proud to be based in Toronto, Canada at the center of an exciting AI ecosystem.

The world’s largest publishers choose Polar to power, monetize and scale their native ads business. Polar has been focused on media platforms since 2007. Back before there were apps, tablets and mobile advertising, Polar was innovating, helping world-class media brands around the world transform the media industry with technology.

Razorsight’s cloud-based analytics software is used by the world’s largest communications providers to improve profits. Razorsight monitors network and subscriber activities to control costs, predict churn, gain insight into M2M and OTT activity, and measure profitability by customer, service type, or region. Customers benefit from greater controls, insight, reporting and analytics to drive financial and strategic benefits.

Businesses of all sizes choose e-SignLive™ by Vasco when electronic signatures matter. Nearing one billion documents processed each year, e-SignLive™ is the most widely used e-signature solution in the world and ranked a leader by analyst firms Forrester Research and G2 Crowd.

Terapeak is the leading source for consumer and product insights, analyzing more than 4.6 billion transactions per year and over $70 billion in online consumer spending to provide insights to clients from entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies.